Quote by Idris Elba
Id rather a young black actor read about success as opposed to how

Id rather a young black actor read about success as opposed to how tough it was. I get these roles because I can act and thats it. Hopefully thats it. – Idris Elba

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It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going, and thats a famous story, but who was he? Where did he come from? What was his upbringing? – Idris Elba

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Its really funny because the same people who loved me as Stringer Bell were the same people that were watching Daddys Little Girls literally in tears. – Idris Elba

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You watch yourself age and its hard to feel like a sex symbol. – Idris Elba

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If you want to achieve things in life, youve just got to do them, and if youre talented and smart, youll succeed. – Juliana Hatfield

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Before anything else, preparation is the key to success. – Alexander Graham Bell

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Despite the success cult, men are most deeply moved not by the reaching of the goal but by the grandness of the effort involved in getting there – or failing to get there. – Max Lerner

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First-person narrators is the way I know how to write a book with the greatest power and chance of artistic success. – Anne Rice

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